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package org.apache.tapestry5.beanvalidator;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;

/**
 * Source for {@link ClientConstraintDescriptor}.
 *
 */
@UsesConfiguration(ClientConstraintDescriptor.class)
public interface ClientConstraintDescriptorSource 
{
	/**
	 * Return a {@link ClientConstraintDescriptor} for a constraint annotation or null.
	 * 
	 * @param annotationClass type of the constraint annotation
	 */
	ClientConstraintDescriptor getConstraintDescriptor(Class annotationClass);
}
